March 28 2018
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Rolleston teenager’s Paralympic dream u by Kent Caddick
Fundraising is underway to help a teenage Rolleston girl achieve her goal of competing as a swimmer at the Paralympics. P4
Shaving for a cure
There was no shortage of helpers when it came to Rolleston College staff doing their bit …
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Show draws in the crowds
A break in the weather meant the 119th annual Malvern A&P Show was again able to draw in the crowds …
p Rolleston Paralympic hopeful Ella Benn with Canterbury Swim School tutor Ricardo Felitti, who is fundraising to get her a ‘water leg’ by running the Paris Marathon next month
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Rugby season gets under way
It was a good start to the rugby season …
Thirteen-year-old Ella Benn was first diagnosed with Osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in October 2013. A few months later, at the age of 10, Ella chose to undergo a rotationplasty, which involved an amputation of a portion of the leg. Several months of chemotherapy followed and in addition, she has been
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battling tumours in her lungs, which has resulted in surgery on two occasions and a trial treatment of immunotherapy. A keen sportsperson, Ella started swimming at Canterbury Swim School in Yaldhurst a few months after her amputation. She had previously been a talented runner and was representing
Canterbury at the Cross Country Championships in Nelson, when the problems with her leg first began. Ella found she greatly enjoyed swimming, and moreover, that she had a talent for it.
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